Hospital Readmissions After Implementation of a Discharge Care Program for Patients with COVID-19 Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The surge of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations in New York City required rapid discharges to maintain hospital capacity.

Objective

To determine whether lenient provisional discharge guidelines with remote monitoring after discharge resulted in safe discharges home for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 illness.

Design

Retrospective case series SETTING: Tertiary care medical center PATIENTS: Consecutive adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 illness between March 26, 2020, and April 8, 2020, with a subset discharged home INTERVENTIONS: COVID-19 Discharge Care Program consisting of lenient provisional inpatient discharge criteria and option for daily telephone monitoring for up to 14 days after discharge MEASUREMENTS: Fourteen-day emergency dep

SUBMITTER: Ye S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7808120 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature